Meet the Candidates July 23 straw poll results

The results of the July 23 Meet the Candidates straw poll are in! More than 300 people attended the event at Beachside High School, and 286 voted in the straw poll. Thank you to all the candidates who participated, UNF Public Opinion Research Lab for running the straw poll, and of course the community members who attended!

Please note: "Not my district" responses were excluded from raw counts and analysis. This is an unofficial poll with self-selecting participants.

U.S. Senator

• Rick Scott (R) - 87%
• Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D) - 7%
• Someone else - 6%

Representative in Congress - District 5

• John Rutherford (R) - 61%
• Mara Macie (R) - 39%

Representative in Congress - District 6

• Michael Waltz (R) - 88%
• John Grow (R) - 12%

State Senator - District 7

• Tom Leek (R) - 48%
• Gerry James (R) - 34%
• David Shoar (R) - 18%

State Representative - District 18

• Kim Kendall (R) - 59%
• Nick Primrose (R) - 41%

State Representative - District 19

• Darryl Boyer (R) - 66%
• Sam Greco (R) - 34%

State Representative - District 20

• Judson Sapp (R) - 65%
• Jamie Watts (R) - 35%

Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller

• Brandon Patty (R) - 53%
• Denver Cook (R) - 47%

Sheriff

• Rob Hardwick (R) - 67%
• Jim Priester (R) - 33%

County Commissioner - District 1

• Christian Whitehurst (R) - 52%
• Ann-Marie Evans (R) - 47%
• Weston Ferguson (R) - 1%

County Commissioner - District 3

• Clay Murphy (R) - 48%
• Roy Alaimo (R) - 42%
• Heather Harley-Davison (R) - 6%
• Michael McDonald (R) - 4%

County Commissioner - District 5

• Henry Dean (R) - 51%
• Ann Taylor (R) - 46%
• John Higbee III (R) - 3%

School Board Member – District 2*

• Anthony E. Coleman Sr - 36%
• Francis "Frank" Cummings - 26%
• Not my district - 38%

School Board Member – District 5 

• Linda Thomson - 46%
• Bethany Hilbert - 26%
• Lynn Straughan - 24%
• Liliana “Lily Bee” Bristow - 3%

Republican State Committeeman

• Tom Rivers - 38%
• Bill Mac Dowell - 25%
• Michel S. Pawlowski - 25%
• Manuel P. Asensio - 7%
• David Ogburn - 5%

Republican State Committeewoman

• Tamara Renuart - 39%
• Ko Robins - 39%
• Amy Demi - 22%

*Results subject to revision after "not my district" responses are excluded from analysis.